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70th Anniversary D-Day Toast on Omaha Beach June 6, 2014
Surviving members of the 29th Infantry Division gather at 6:36 a.m., exactly 70 years to the minute when Company A of the 116th Regiment of the 29th division approached this very same stretch of the Dog Green sector on Omaha Beach. Read more...
[Posted: 2014-10-02 13:52:00]
Don McCarthy and Morley Piper 29th Infantry Division D-Day
Don McCarthy and Morley Piper both landed on D-Day as part of the 29th Infantry Division's assault on the western end of Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Don landed with the 116th Infantry Regiment, Morley with the 115th. Both witnessed the carnage of June 6, 1944.  Read more...
[Posted: 2014-09-29 08:03:00]
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PALMER SAMUEL C
29TH INFANTRY DIVISION
Samuel Clinton Palmer Service ID: 35803938 From: Tallega, Lee County, Ky Birth Date November 28, 1924 Casualty Date June 6, 1944 Army Corporal HQ Company, 2nd Battalion, 116 Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division Casualty Type KIA - Kill in Action Location: Omaha Beach, Normandy, France
Honored by Jeffrey Palmer
[Posted: 2023-12-25 14:40:54]
LAHAYE EDWARD J
8TH AIR FORCE
I had the great honor of visiting the Normandy American Cemetery in June, 2023. I walked the grounds until I found a Texas soldier. It was that of Edward J Lahaye. It was truly a moving experience. I hoped to reach out to his family with a photo of his cross, but see it is already posted on this
Honored by Lil Metzger
[Posted: 2023-07-23 04:48:28]
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Let us remember those young soldiers who changed the course of history with their sacrifice. Let us commit ourselves to remembering their sacrifice by cherishing the freedom they bought for all generations that follow. Honored by Laurent Lefebvre [July 6, 2024]
To read 29th Infantry Division documents (after action report, diary, journal,...)
5 June 1044. The advance parties and the assault elements of the Battalion completed loading in and near Plymouth Harbor. The Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel John P. Cooper, Jr., Battery...(After Action Report, 29th Division, 110th Field Arty Bn. )